DJrmb":166veshw said:
sutz":166veshw said:
I have to believe that Oakland can't keep up that pace for much longer. Nobody wins at an 80% clip forever.
I was thinking exactly this as well. However, that really doesn't matter at this point, those wins are in the books. They won at an 80% clip long enough where they are pretty much completely caught up now. They don't have to win at 80% to snatch the Wildcard anymore. They only need to win 3 more games than the Mariners do in the next 62 games...
Oh, yes, I understand. The Mariners have to get back on the winning side and stay there.
One thing, on the whole season so far, the M's are at a .600 pace, which is not so bad in baseball. That's a 97 win season if we continue. Would definitely love to do better, of course. Would be nice to get to 100 wins again, and that would almost guarantee at least a WC game. Problem is we'd need the 'Stros or NY/Bos to have a near epic breakdown to catch them, but hey, stranger things have happened.
But none of that matters if the M's maintain the tepid pace they had in July. Won the first series of the 2d half, need to continue doing that. Especially in our H2H matchups with Houston and Oakland and the other ALW teams.